Metallic railway-tie.



W. W. HARRIS. METALLIC RAILWAY TIB.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1913.

Patented June 30,1914

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W. W. HARRIS. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED Nov.3,1913.

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Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30,.-

A'pp'ncatibnhid'noveiberfs, i913. serial No. 798,9'75.

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Be' it known thatj I, WILLIAM WALTER' HARRIS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, in th Province 'of Quebec and' 'Dominion of ('lanada,t have invented certain new Aand useful Inlrovexnents in Metallic Railway-Ties; and I o herebydeclare the` following to be' a' ull,

exact'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe' art'. to which it appertains to make and4 'use thesamel- This invention relates'to railway tiS, and has 'for it's'objectV to produce 'a metallictie which will be c'onlparative'ly'-inezpensive to manufacture, will beefficient in vaction', and' one which may be irinl'y securedV in thev roadbedi With these and other'objects in view, tliel invention consists inv the novel-- details of. construction,v and combinations of' partsf more fully hereinafter -disclosed 'and par?, ticularly pointed out in the claims.A

Referring to .the accompanying drawings'i forming a part "f this "specifica-tion,- and in'E which like'nunierals designate Vlike parts in all the views:"*Figure4 l is" 'a'. diagrammatic: elevational view o f'a vtie made in aocordanc'e' with my invention; Fig. '2'i s""a' planiview' of one of 'the members of the tie4 shown'- in Fig. g

1; Fig. is a sectienailx View'A of' 4the parts shown in Fig.' 2"; Fig; 4 is 'a 'see-tional 'v1ew l of the parts shown in Fig, but' talke'n'on 'ag plane at right angles to thtfon whichFig.; v3 is ta'lien;"F i 5 i's'a" de tail"view of th'e 'outer' casing, iig. 6 is adetailw'iew'of" al modified forni' of the inner- I'ne'n'i'loer,- 21nd,:

, Fig. 7 is 'a perspe'ct'ive'Viewv o'f a'tool useful for embedding road'bed.

I indicates the rails",--2, van inner cyllnd'ri-' cal member-'to which arail .1- maybe secured,

as by means of the pieces and 'bolts'fv'tali-I ing against theflange's'of the member 2.; The member 2 is io'vided with the inclined plates 6 and 7, tting `the interior'ofthe' outer" cylinder 8 Wh-ichfisf'prowiiddvvith the? depending lugs 9 and' 10 against said plates 7 and 6 respectively' take.' Thef outer cylinder 23v is peferablyroug'hened onE its bottom, as at 12, iii 'order to enable it to more easily seat itself in the material ofthe-- road bed 'when said' 'cylinder' 8 is oscillated" around its vertical axis, as will be more fully" disclosed below.

13 represents a tie bar secured to the inner cylinder 2 as by means of the clamping 'member 15 and' the bolts 14 'taking against the'lange 5 of the inner cylinder'2. It will be understood, of course, that the cylindersV 2 and 8 are in duplicate, thatltlieyfare placed a distance apart equal 'to that between a pair of rails 1, andthatthe tie bar 13 extends between duplicate pa'iis.'

' 20 represents a 'tool 'provided with' a curved head 21 which adapted totake against 'the' inner -c'ylinde'r 2, and'l ha'v'e ifs n'iexiiberI 22 fitv vbetween the pair's'of lugs -9,

illustrated in Fig. 2, so that rapidly moving the hand e end of the 'said' tol'20't`o and' fro," the said inner cylinder 2 and outer cylinder 8' will be os'cillat'ed43 in: the 'r'nateriajl of ai@ ma@ beat -Thrs ordinating motion will 'ca-use the' ragged A edges 120i the'outer cylinder 8'to' firmlyV embed the latter 'in the road bed, While the inclined'plates' 6 and' 7 of the inner cylinder will likewise move downward into said. material, pacliing' the material as they go, 'and firmly .tamping it,

so thatthe'entire tiem'e'rnbfer will' 'be firmly secured -1n the road bed. Further, u "on 'ro'- ltatir'ig the outer cylinder'9 and'embe ding it i'nto' the roadbed, the' lii'gs 9f'a'nd l0f al"e- )animed against the plates 6 and 7, whicharesu'ppoited from below by 'the' earthy ina- `terial caught-, t-hereunder, and the' whole is "boundjtogether.

In order to insure the inner cylinder turnin with' the ou't'e'r cylinder and 'also to 'more rmly secure the -partstgethen the outer cylinder 8 ',(see Figs. 2- and 5), is pro'- vid'ed with oppositely disposedlugs 30 land 35, each `having 'av lower shoulder' landan upper shoulder 32'. The upperA edge ofthe thetie the material ofthe'- inc mad Platt/f6 fits against' the uppenshoulder 3291? the' 111g 80,'and'its10w-eredge will al". 2lgalIIS 'the shoulder 31 on -the oppe- `sitely disposed lu B5, as will clear from Figs. 2, 4 and 5. 'n the same Way, the lower edge of the plate 7 will fit against the lower plates being 'separated as a't'36' in' ig, 2, the

miam@ portion of @ich lil-sowing pra jects' between 'the said "Se rated edges and compels the inner' 'cylin 1er"'2'"'t'o Ao'scillate =with the outer cylinder 8. The clamping members 3*'and 1'5` and the blt's'al'fdl:

hold the rail l to the inner and outer cylinders, and the tie members 13 further .brace the pair of rails.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the structure of the inner cylinder is the same as in the preceding figures, but instead of providing two inclined plates 6 and 7, I have provided only a single plate 40 which extendsvalmost 360 around the inner cylinder 2. This said cylinder is conveniently provided with a spiral groove to accommodate the said plate 40, but of course any other suitable means may be employed for securing the parts together. When employing this modification, of course, one of the lugs 30 or 35 may be dispensed with.

In all the forms I prefer to make the bolts 4 and 14 square in cross section and to fit them to rectangular holes in the parts 3, 133

and 15, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2.; I prefer to place the rails 1 slightly ofi' Also, the center of the cylinders as shown in Fig. 3, in order that a slight upward pressure may be exerted on the tie bars 13, and thereby more firmly bind the parts together.`

It is obvious that those skilled in the art' may vary the details of construction, as well as the arrangement of parts without departing 4from the spirit of my invention, andi therefore I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim is 1. In a railroad tie the combination of an v pact the earth when oscillated; and meansv carried by said inner member to facilitate the securin of a rail thereto, substantially as describe l 2. In a railroad tie the combination of an outer cylinder; an inner cylinder coacting with said outer cylinder; and an inclined plate extending between said inner and outer cylinders, substantially as described.

3. In a railroad tie the combination of an outer cylinder provided with a lug; an inner cylinder coacting with said outer cylinder; and an inclined plate rigid with said inner cylinder extending between said inner and outer cylinders and adapted to rest on the under-side of said lug, substantially as described.

4. In a railroad tie the combination of an 4outer cylinder adapted to be oscillated; an

5. In a railroad tie the combination of an outer cylinder having a roughened lower edge adapted to be oscillated; an inner cylinder provided with an inclined plate located inside said outer cylinder; a plurality of lugs on said outer cylinder contacting with said plate and compelling said plate and inner cylinder to oscillate with said outer cylinder; and means carried by said inner cylinder to facilitate the securing of a rail thereto, substantially as described.

6. In a railroad tie the combination of a pair of outer cylinders on which rails are adapted to rest; an inner cylinder associated with each outer cylinder provided with means for facilitating a firm hold in the material of the road bed; and atie bar between said inner cylinders, substantially as described.

' 7. In a railroad tie the combination of a pair of outer cylinders on which rails are adapted to rest; an inner cylinder associated with each outer cylinder provided with means comprising an inclined plate for facilitating a irm hold in the material of the road bed; a tie bar between said inner cylinders; means on said inner cylinders for facilitating the securing of a tie bar thereto; and means for securing said tie bar to said inner cylinders, substantially as described.

8. Ina railroad tie the combination of a pair of outer cylinders adapted to be oscillated; lugs on the interior of said outer cylinders; an inner cylinder located inside each outer cylinder; an inclined plate carried by each inner cylinder adapted to contact with said lugs and to oscillate therewith; a tie bar extending between said inner cylinders;

and means to secure said bar to said inner cylinders, substantially as described.

9. In a railroad tie the combination of a pair of outer cylinders provided with serrated edges adapted to be oscillated; lugs on the interior of said outer cylinders; an inner cylinder located inside each outer cylinder; a pair of inclined plates carried by each inner cylinder adapted to contact with said lugs and to oscillate therewith; a tie bar eX- tending between said inner cylinders; and means to secure said bar to said inner cylinders, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aIiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WALTER HARRIS.

Witnesses:

A. C. LANNING, L. C. FONTAINE.

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